Re: [PATCH] sanitize xattr handler prototypes

[Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 07:35:44PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Add a flags argument to strcut xattr_handler and pass it to all xattr
> handler methods.  This allows using the same methods for multiple
> handlers, e.g. for the ACL methods which perform exactly the same action
> for the access and default ACLs, just using a different underlying
> attribute.  With a little more groundwork it'll also allow sharing the
> methods for the regular user/trusted/secure handlers in extN, ocfs2 and
> jffs2 like it's already done for xfs in this patch.

Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>

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